born in Scone, Perthshire; a general practitioner and clinical researcher especially concerned with heart disease. He lived and worked in Burnley for 28 years from 1879 and invented an ink polygraph to measure the pulse rate.
born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, naturalized as a British citizen in 1875; a mathematical physicist and x-ray pioneer; first practical, portable, diagnostic use of x-ray performed at Nelson.
